Plot Twist: I Forgot

For our first topic of 2026, we’re talking about retellings.  We support a woman’s wrongs and damsels not being in distress.  Listen in today for a list of retelling recommendations and only a little booing.

Comfort Me with Apples - Catherynne M. Valente 
Kaikeye - Vaishnavi Patel
Legendborn - Tracy Deon 
Half Sick of Shadows- Laura Sebastian
These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong
Misrule - Heather Walter
Hell’s Heart - Alexis Hall
The Weight of Blood - Tiffany D. Jackson
A Blade so Black - L.L. McKinney

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Today we’re having a spoiler chat on Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club.  Topics include: Why is solving cold case files the best retirement plan?  Book or movie, which is better?  How many llamas is too many llamas?


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You’re never too old to solve a murder!  You’re also never too old to commit a murder, but this podcast does not condone that.  Pour up your Holiday Bee’s Knees at 11 AM because today we’re talking about elder protagonists.  


Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre - Philip Fracassi
Too Old For This - Samantha Downing
Vera Wongs Unsolicited Advice for Murders -Jesse Q. Sutanto
Death in her Hands - Ottessa Moshfegh 
The Haar - David Sodergren
Detective Aunty - Uzma Jalaludin
The Retirement Plan - Sue Hincenbergs
Swordheart- T. Kingfisher 
The Change - Kristen Miller
Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn

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Dive into the Mountain King by Anders de le Motte with us. Will it be coherent? Not even slightly. But there will be bad insults, a psychic dog, train figurines, and lack of cake. Happy Nordic Noir November!

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‘Tis the most wonderful time of the year: time for grisly Nordic Noir.  Today we have a Smörgåsbord of atmospheric titles to talk about, but unfortunately no cake. We make do by discussing some books we’ve read and others we’re excited about. We’re sorry in advance to your wallet.


The Witch Hunter - Max Seek
I’m Travelling Alone - Samuel Bjork
The Corpse Flower - Anne Mette Hancock
Son - Johanna Gustawsson and  Thomas Engar
Home Before Dark - Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Thirty Days of Darkness - Jenny Lund Madsen
Into Thin Air - Ørjan Karlsson and Ian Giles
The Tenant - Katrine Engberg
Wolf Hour - Jo Nesbø
A Nearly Normal Family - M.T. Edvarsson


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Come one, come all. It’s time to learn, perhaps not for the first time, how you could’ve died during the witch trials and finally find out once and for all if a puritan life is for you…

This week we’re discussing Slewfoot and all its bloody magic. Enjoy, witches.

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It’s finally spooky season!  Today, we’re talking all things horror.  Halloween decorations, our October tbrs, a big scare, and some giggling like teenagers.  Come with us to get trapped in a swamp mansion or sacrifice our neighbor to the worm god.  Happy Halloween!

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Basking sharks, bothies, and wildlings, today we’re breaking down The Lighthouse Witches by C. J. Cooke.  Join us on a wind swept Scottish isle as we discuss the goings on at The Longing.  Would we paint a super casual mural of various symbols in a lighthouse where we found bones, or would we run for the highlands?

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It is finally (unofficially) fall.  The BER months have arrived, and we’re ready.  To make sure you’re ready too, we’re talking Supernatural Thrillers.  Get ready to play some guessing games, it’s the game show episode.


House on the Lake - Riley Sager
Sundown Motel - Simone St. James
Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinnborough
The Burning Girls - CJ Tudor
I Remember You- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Mayra -Nicky Gonzalez
Lock Every Door - Riley Sager 
Something in the Walls - Daisy Pearce
Home Before Dark - Riley Sager


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What better way to celebrate a year of podcasting than talking about our favorite moody king, Haymitch 🎉? Today’s a spoiler chat about Sunrise on the Reaping. We’re diving deep into what really happened during the 50th Hunger Games, who we’d want the next book to be about if there is one, and our secret gumdrop spot. 

It’s sad. It’s chaotic. It’s our one year birthday!!

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